Hey all,
I've been having issues with my 1999 9-3 Turbo Base Hatchback 2.0 5 Speed
It had been sitting for about 8 years before the clutch was finally replaced and there have been some issues that I have been working through making it a daily. Almost there now. One of the last issues is its idle. On cold start-up, it generally has no issues. Idles at ~850-950 RPM (Based on the gauge scale). If after its warm, I drop it into neutral from 2000 RPM or more, it will first drop down to normal idle rpm and then to 200-400 rpm and then either die or rev back up into the 1k rpm's before settling at regular idle. It dies most commonly coming out of 5th gear on the highway on an off-ramp. It did have half tank of older gas in it and ran fine when I first got it going so I went and filled it up with premium and kept diluting it with Fresh Gas and occasionally seafoam. My first thought was a gunked up fuel filter (Is it in the tank?) but it did also have a vacuum hose leak that I fixed. Is there something that can be cleaned for the fuel-air mix? It also has a new exhaust off turbo with new CAT as of a week ago.
Thanks for the help!
I've been having issues with my 1999 9-3 Turbo Base Hatchback 2.0 5 Speed
It had been sitting for about 8 years before the clutch was finally replaced and there have been some issues that I have been working through making it a daily. Almost there now. One of the last issues is its idle. On cold start-up, it generally has no issues. Idles at ~850-950 RPM (Based on the gauge scale). If after its warm, I drop it into neutral from 2000 RPM or more, it will first drop down to normal idle rpm and then to 200-400 rpm and then either die or rev back up into the 1k rpm's before settling at regular idle. It dies most commonly coming out of 5th gear on the highway on an off-ramp. It did have half tank of older gas in it and ran fine when I first got it going so I went and filled it up with premium and kept diluting it with Fresh Gas and occasionally seafoam. My first thought was a gunked up fuel filter (Is it in the tank?) but it did also have a vacuum hose leak that I fixed. Is there something that can be cleaned for the fuel-air mix? It also has a new exhaust off turbo with new CAT as of a week ago.
Thanks for the help!